Blame and responsiveness to moral reasons: Are psychopaths blameworthy?

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 516-535

  Talbert, Matthew ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60949193123     PISSN: 02790750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2008.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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